Lauren Ash, the actress best known for playing Dina on NBC's Superstore and Lexi on ABC's Not Dead Yet, is trading sitcom sets for stage lights and a full band as she takes her first-ever tour on the road. The high-octane run lands in Philadelphia on Thursday, when Ash brings her Call Me When You Get This tour to Kung Fu Necktie in Fishtown.
Ash is an award-winning actress and comedian who is adding music, according to 6abc Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia stop is one of seven cities on her current tour. The show is built around her debut pop-punk album, Call Me When You Get This, which dromnyc.com says was released in September 2025.
The venue's own event listing describes Ash as an award-winning actress and comedian most well known for playing Dina on Superstore and Lexi on Not Dead Yet, per Kung Fu Necktie's page for the show. The Droogettes are set to support.
From Sitcom Sets to a Touring Band
Ash hired a band for this run, taking her music career beyond sitcom sets. She compared the project to a fast train and said it had become bigger than her, according to 6abc Philadelphia.
She said she began the project as a gift to her younger self, since she had always dreamed of being a rock star, and 6abc Philadelphia reports she performed a concert at her own 40th birthday before taking the music further. The album itself grew out of a painful chapter: Music Life Magazine reports that on Sept. 11, 2024, Ash's life was shattered by what the outlet calls an epic emotional sucker punch of a breakup, and the record became her response.
Chart Debuts, an Award Nod and Late-Night Stops
The single Now I Know debuted at No. 1 on the Canadian iTunes rock chart and No. 5 on Billboard's Alternative Download Chart, the same dromnyc.com listing notes, while her song Whiplash was nominated for a Hollywood Independent Music Award for Best Rock/Pop Song. Ash has also performed her single Sad This Christmas on The Kelly Clarkson Show and spoke about her music on Jimmy Kimmel Live, according to the same account.
Her live résumé already includes headlining slots at the Viper Room and Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles. After completing a Canadian headlining tour, she played a sold-out headlining tour in the UK, per the Drom NYC listing, before mounting this current run through seven American cities.
What to Expect at Kung Fu Necktie
Ash has said her shows feature loud guitar and nostalgic early-2000s pop-punk music, and she has described the concert as a theatrical experience rather than just a music show, according to 6abc Philadelphia. Tickets are available for the Philadelphia date, and the venue's listing notes that only people aged 21 or older can purchase them, with no refunds or exchanges for anyone underage who buys or attempts to use a ticket, per Kung Fu Necktie's posted policy.
Fans looking for more than a ticket can also grab an event package that includes a signed CD copy of Call Me When You Get This, though that package does not include a general-admission ticket, the venue's listing specifies. For Philadelphia audiences more used to seeing Ash in her television roles, the Fishtown stop offers a different kind of performance entirely — guitars, a full band, and a story about rebuilding after heartbreak set to a pop-punk beat.
